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July 17. A similar storm at Sedgefield, in Durham, 

 when the depth of ice was two feet, the corn totally 

 destroyed, and the trees were stripped of their leaves 

 (Syke's Local Record, i., 361). 



Beef and mutton, 4^. ; cheese, ^\d. ; wool, 2s. per Ib. 

 (Driver). 



Lincoln wool, icW. per Ib. 



Indifferent harvest (Driver). 



The last winter was a severe one (Gilbert White). 



A very wet September and a bad harvest (Brumham). 



1793 Wheat, 49*. $d. per qr. (Official Returns). 

 Barley, 3 is. id. ; oats, 2os. 6d. per qr. 

 Favourable season (Driver). 



Wool, is. 2\d. ; beef and mutton, ^\d. ; cheese, ^\d. 

 per Ib. 



Much below average temperature. Middling crop. 

 Average produce of wheat estimated at 20 bushels per 

 acre (Billingsley). 



A great crop of barley in East Norfolk (Ag. Report). 



Lincoln wool, yd. per Ib. (Driver). 



The lamentable rains of 1793 and the several successive 

 years caused every wheat sheaf to present a turf of 

 verdant green vegetation, which one cannot recollect 

 without sorrow, or ever forget that famine in our land 

 (Knapp). 



March 28. The tide rose at Whitehaven 6 feet higher 

 than usual (Boyle). 



Intensely hot and dry part of summer (Brumham). 



1794 Deficiency of crop (Driver). 



Wheat, 525-. $d. per qr. (Official Returns). 



Barley, 31^. gd. ; oats, 2 is. $d. per qr. 



Average produce of wheat estimated at 14 bushels per 

 acre (Billingsley'). 



The drought in spring occasioned a total failure of 

 pulse. Wheat reached 14^. per bushel at one period 

 (A. Young). 



